JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY – Witnesses from the National Mandate Party (PAN) revealed alleged vote inflation for the Aceh Party and the United Development Party (PPP) in the Aceh Electoral District 2 and the Pidie Jaya Electoral District 1. This statement was made in the continuation of the General Election Results Dispute (PHPU) trial in Panel 3, Building 1 of the Constitutional Court (MK) on Tuesday (28/05/2024). The trial was led by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat, accompanied by Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman and Constitutional Justice Enny Nurbaningsih. This case is numbered 153-01-12-01/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 and was filed by PAN, represented by Chairman Zulkifli Hasan and Secretary General Eddy Soeparno.

Testimony of PAN Mandate Witnesses in the Election Recapitulation Process

Muhazir, a mandate witness from the KembangTanjung District, stated that no projector was used during the recapitulation in his district, so they could not see the sirekap. The copying of D-Results was also delayed for days, causing Muhazir not to sign the sub-district level recapitulation results. After seeing the D-Results, there was an increase in votes for PPP. There was a mismatch between the C-Results and D-Results, where in the C-Results, PAN obtained 1,126 votes and PPP 1,276 votes, while in the D-Results, PPP obtained 1,309 votes and PAN 1,276 votes.

Furthermore, Andaliana ABDR, a PAN mandate witness in Tangse District, revealed that during the recapitulation, witnesses were only allowed to see their own party's votes and were not allowed to see other parties' votes. When comparing the C-Results and D-Results, Andaliana found that PPP's votes increased from 770 votes in the C-Results to 1,280 votes in the D-Results. In addition, no projector was used in Tangse District, and the PPK only read out the results without allowing them to record other parties' votes. Although PAN signed the recapitulation results, it was not Andaliana who signed, but her friend Asna.

Meanwhile, Muhammad Novan, a PAN mandate witness in Ulim District and Pidie Jaya Regency, stated that some of the vote counting in Ulim District did not follow the applicable rules. "Some of the vote counting in Ulim District did not follow the rules," he said. The PPK read the copy letter not from the sealed box but from the copy of the witness present. According to Novan, the D-Results were not given immediately, but only four days later. He also added that witnesses were not allowed to see the votes of other parties. Novan found a difference in votes between the C-Results and D-Results for the Aceh Party, with an increase of 1,020 votes in the D-Results. He had filed a protest with the PPK and reported it to Panwascam, but it was ignored. Novan also protested at the regency level, but no improvements were made. He did not sign the recapitulation results in the sub-district or Pidie Jaya regency and filled out a special incident form.